Scotch Mule gimmers sold to £270 per head for a pen of four from John Guild, Laight, New Cumnock, at Craig Wilson’s first sale of breeding sheep of the season.

At the pre-sale show, judge James Nisbet, Sorn Mains, found his champion winners in a pen from J Paterson, East Dykes which realised £200, with the reserve from William Stevenson, Auchenflower, selling for £195.

Leading the Mule ewe lambs, the champions from R and M Dunlop and Son, Pinvalley, a pen of 40 made £180, with the reserve winners from A Paton and Co, Craig selling for £155.

With the combination of lambs being smaller on the year and the extreme high rate of last year, averages slipped £20 on the year to level at £130.88, for 244 more sold. Gimmers fell £11.39, to average £172.11 for 285 more sold.

Leading Prices

Gimmers – Scotch Mule – £270 Laight (New Cumnock); £210 Shawhead and 5 Highfield Place; £200 Blacket House and East Dykes; £195 Craig; £192 Blacket House, Auchenflower and Craig; £190 Little Creoch and Laigh Langcraig; £185 Blacket House and Lightshaw. Suff X – £210 and £202 Mount Pleasant. Tex X – £185 Mount Pleasant and Kirklandhill; £175 Traboyack. Chev Mule – £185 and £165 Moor (Arran). Aberfield – £170 Overton (Ayr). Kerry Mule – £155 Cairndale. Pure Tex – £300 Floors.

Ewe lambs – Scotch Mule – £180 and £165 Pinvalley; £155 Craig; £148 Shawhead; £145 Pinvalley; £140 Pennyvenie and Lightshaw; £140 Pinvalley; £135 Lightshaw; £130 Craig, Dykes (Dalry) Shawhead and Lightshaw. Chev Mule – £130 Craigrowan. £125 Knockewart.

Ewes – Pure Tex – £400, £380 and £350 Floors, £300 Fairlynne.